8:07 PM,
May 9, 2014

Principal Gregg Hansel is greeted by students outside of St. Stephen Elementary School earlier this week.

Written by

Nathan Vine
Stevens Point Journal Media

You've heard of people being green with envy and red with rage? Gregg Hansel soon will be pink with pride, thanks to his ability to to excite children about learning and inspire in them a passion for success.

Hansel, principal at St. Stephen Elementary School, wanted to encourage students earlier this year to strive for excellence in the Accelerated Reader program. Students are awarded points for each book they read, and Hansel promised to dye his hair cotton-candy pink if they accumulated 10,000 points.

St. Stephen students, who are in third through fifth grade, eclipsed that goal with ...